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Please can someone help with this A-Level Microeconomics question?

I can never seem to understand these styles of question, even with looking at the answer and mark scheme after, and they seem to always come up, could anyone explain it to me please?

Price (£), Quantity demanded (000s per month), Quantity supplied (000s per month)
10 10 40
9 15 35
8 20 30
7 25 25
6 30 20
5 35 15
4 40 10
If the government imposes a tax of £2 on this good, what will the new equilibrium price be?
A £6 B £7 C £8 D £9
the answer is C
Reply 1
Original post by user93_
I can never seem to understand these styles of question, even with looking at the answer and mark scheme after, and they seem to always come up, could anyone explain it to me please?

Price (£), Quantity demanded (000s per month), Quantity supplied (000s per month)
10 10 40
9 15 35
8 20 30
7 25 25
6 30 20
5 35 15
4 40 10
If the government imposes a tax of £2 on this good, what will the new equilibrium price be?
A £6 B £7 C £8 D £9
the answer is C

its question 5 from here if it doesn't show up properly https://pmt.physicsandmathstutor.com/download/Economics/A-level/Past-Papers/OCR/AS-Paper-1/November%202020%20QP%20-%20Paper%201%20OCR%20Economics%20AS-level.pdf
Reply 2
The existing equilibrium price is £7, so adding £2 onto the price will increase the equilibrium.

If it sells for £8, then the manufacturers get £6. The demand is 20 (£8) and the production is 20 (£6), so its the new equilibrium
(edited 9 months ago)

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